Elysium - The Ghouls

[Keira Kelly]

Keira nodded once. She had expected Tiny to pick the right person for this job and he had lived up to her expectations yet again. "Splendid." She paused again as the Brujah thrall introduced himself to his fellow Kine. She did feel out of place amongst them all... a Kindred among thralls.. It was ironic, since her Embrace, she had always sought to immerse herself amongst Kine... humans, to get close to them in an attempt to try to feel a part of the human race once more. However, that was dangerous and it was far easier to blood bond one of them to herself to ensure her safety... and yet, having them know what she was and altering them, if even only slightly, from the average Kine, it made the connection to humanity which she sought seem that much further out of her grasp. Well, she did have a herd now, however unpleasant the phrase. They were not bonded to her, simply addicted to the party and.. perhaps to the sensation of her Kiss when she fed... It was potentially dangerous to leave that group without ensuring loyalty to herself as well but.. even if they were thralls of another, she would make sure not to allow anything out of the club which she did not want known. The herd would be left ignorant of everything and they would be function only as a fresh source of blood and that connection that she wanted.

Garred's sudden question startled her out of her thoughts. She hadn't considered... reports. It could prove vital though to be kept in the loop, though she was sure that Siobhan would do all to make sure that happened anyways. She glanced at her own thrall quickly as she considered the question before turning back to Garred. There was much to consider, not least of all being that the Kine detective would most definitely not allow herself to be kept out of it... except if Keira was to order it so, and that could cause a dangerous rift for no purpose. No, Keira believed that the Kine present had a right to know what might affect their very lives. She waved a hand towards the other gathered thralls. "Report to them, and to me." she instructed. "Siobhan can provide you with how to contact me if necessary and if I am unreachable and only if it is dire, you may call upon your Domitor to pass along information." She trusted Tiny wholly but preferred to keep her own business to herself if possible. At the question about any more guests, Keira glanced back at the open, broken doorway, then back to the thralls and gestured.

Siobhan finally spoke up, shaking her head. "No, this is everyone that lives here.." she answered. "There might be cops coming by to check things out... maybe. Nothing planned anyways..." She gave a nod to Claire as the mage retreated to her own room before her mind returned to the events at hand. The distress she had felt so acutely earlier when talking about the attack had been dulled... by the Blood perhaps, by the bond. It was still there but.. held less of a hold over her thankfully. Even still, she didn't have to think about it again, go over it all again.. though she knew she had to.

She held Talia just a lightly more tightly to herself as she held her eyes closed for a moment, a shudder passing through her. "I was home alone with Talia.." she began. "I was sleeping.. taking a nap when they broke down the door. There were two of them." she explained as she stared off, almost trapped in the memory. "I heard them before they got in, managed to get a knife from the kitchen and surprise them. They wanted me because of... of..." she trailed off, glancing over at Keira now. She looked back to Garred, almost a bit shamefully. "They thought I was still a thrall at the time... I had... stopped so I could have my daughter.. but they didn't seem to know that." she told him. "They wanted to take me to their master... and weren't too gentle in letting me know what to expect from that meeting." She could almost still feel the broken ribs she had not long ago healed.

She paused, taking a deep breath. "They heard Talia wake up. One of them was going to grab her too, a bargaining chip they said. I.. couldn't allow that. Couldn't allow them to touch my baby. I snapped, caught them off guard. They hadn't taken the knife away from me yet and I killed one of them, wounded the other with it. The wounded one ran off.." She took another breath. "That's about it.. I called for help after that." she concluded.

Keira took over at that point. "So you see, Mr. Garred, it is likely that these attackers were.. thralls as well. I am fairly sure of it. What I must still uncover is whom their Domitor is but that is a matter I will be overseeing personally. Your task is to make sure these people here remain safe in case there is another attempt." she said pointedly. She looked at the remaining thralls before speaking again. "I trust everything should be under control for now. I would suspect that there will not be another incident tonight but I do not like to asssume anything. I should be getting back though so I leave you in capable hands." She turned speficially to Siobhan now. "My dear, I will see you tomorrow night. Do not worry about coming to me. I'll drop in here." she told the detective. It was best not to leave a partial bond for long, just in case, not to mention a Kine fully-bonded would be more able to protect herself.

Shiv nodded, a small, grateful smile working its way onto her lips. "Thank you.." she replied. The thought of more vitae soon.. she couldn't wait for it. Tomorrow night was almost too long to wait but she knew she had to. She watched regretfully when Keira turned and left but she had to force herself to accept it. There were things to do.. matters to see to now... she reminded herself, as much as she wanted to revel in the feel of the Bond, the thought of the Blood. She had a daughter to look after, a broken door and now a guest to see to. She looked over at this Garred. Odd name, she thought to herself. "So, I guess you'll need a place to sleep." she began. Her first thought was the couch but dismissed that as Claire often slept there.. plus, for a long stay, it wouldn't be very hospitable. There still was one spare room though.. She gestured for Garred to follow her as she tracked slowly over to the closed door in the hallway where the rest of the rooms were. Luke followed as well, respectfully back a bit though after helping open the door since Shiv's arms were full with her daughter.

She pushed open the door presenting an orderly room.. aside from a few stacks of boxes on the floor and bed. "We'll be moving the boxes." she told Garred. "They were.. my ex's things..." she explained, her voice betraying a tiny bit of the pain she still felt. She realized though the words made for a confusing impression, as if they had simply split and she was hoarding his belongings. "He died." she added simply. She felt Luke's hand on her shoulder and she felt appreciation that he never seemed to be jealous but merely understood that she still felt that loss. She had come to love Luke just as much as she had Nate.. She didn't know what she would have done without him now. She turned back to him, giving him a smile before turning back to the new bodyguard. "Will this room be all right for you?" she asked. "Is there anything else you need, anything else you need to know?"

[Ghaz]

Garred listened to the boss tell him to report to the others and then to her. Then he turned to listen to the Siobhan and thinks great others might show up. Garred watched as Claire walked to her room then turned back to Siobhan and listened to what happened when she was attacked. He took a quick glance around before turning back to his boss and listening to what she told him. Once he heard that they could be thralls themselves he gave her a nod saying "No harm will come to her." He watched his boss leave then turned to Siobhan when he heard her begin to talk. He gave Siobhan a kind look saying "Thank you that would be appreciative." He followed Siobhan to the room that he will be staying in. When she opened the door he saw a nice orderly room with a few boxes and then she explained why the boxes where there and who they belonged to. He gave her an apologetic look and says "I'm sorry for your loss." But I will be on the couch until you get a new door. He looked at Siobhan questioningly saying "So you said you were a thrall but you stopped does that mean you cant have children if you are a thrall?" He looked at Luke and says "If I may know do you have any idea why or if you have any enemies or people you might have pissed off?"

After getting his answers he walked over to the couch and looked towards the front door and began to think. 'Well this is going to be and interesting job I hope no one comes tonight.' He really wanted this to be a quiet night and hopefully in the morning things calm down. Garred takes out his phone and puts it on the coffee table and began to sigh thinking to himself 'I really need this money I hope this job doesn't get worse.' Garred continue to stare at the missing front door and thought 'I wonder how strong they were or if they even knew what they were getting into.' He sighed before saying in a low tone so he wouldn't make to much noise "I wonder what is going on at the club right now."

[rivaan]

Claire quickly returned to her room, closed the door behind herself and nearly jumped on the bed, falling facing the comfortable soft sensation and enjoying it. She almost didn’t want to stand up to get changed from her uniform, but eventually after a few minutes of gathering will power and relaxation, she finally stood up, in haste took off her uniform, throwing it on the nearby chair and then finally put on the big soft silk loose black robe she used as pajamas. It all soft and comfortable to wear so with on instead of the stuffy tight clothing, she was ready to enjoy a hopefully good night of sleep. She smirked as she knew full well her sleep wasn’t going to really be that great as always, but as of late it was somewhat stable at least. Maybe it was a ghoul bond thing, but she didn’t have health crushing nightmares as often as before.

She slipped into the bed, feeling the soft sensation as she sank into it, then she pulled the blankets over herself, completely covering even her head, before she curled up, hugging her pillow. This was definitely a thing she preferred about this… era. Everything was so much more comfortable!

She slept… rather well considering how uneasy her sleep actually was the. She wasn’t forced into waking up much, just once around 3 am. She felt thirsty so the mage slowly slipped out of the bed and started making her way towards the kitchen area. In her sleep the hood of the robe had somehow gotten on and it gave her a rather interesting silhouette while she made her way through the darkness of the apartment at night. Shiv and Luke would have gotten used to it by now, but who knew how their new resident would.

[Keira Kelly]

While she was showing the new arrival to where he'd be staying, Siobhan kept an eye on him as she explained everything. Keira might trust this Garred fellow implicitly, and even though that went far in Shiv's opinion... she wanted to judge the guy for herself as well. He seemed polite enough thus far though. Much like what you'd expect of someone dedicated to the duty of protection, be it bouncer, bodyguard, military or cop. He had that.. hard air about him. The one she had carried herself until about eight months ago.. maybe a bit less. She knew she had softened in the meanwhile and would eventually need to regrow that thick skin so necessary in her line of work.. but that could wait until her maternity leave ended.

Garred's question brought Shiv up short, causing her to look at him sharply. She really hadn't expected a question along those lines. It was.. almost a bit embarrassing to speak about in some ways. It was also a convoluted story in her case. She grimaced as she tried to figure out how to answer. "Um.. technically not?" she replied. She didn't think much about Garred not knowing; hell, she had only really figured out most of it when she ended up in the situation herself and what Keira had told her when she'd realized her condition. "Guys are different than women..." she explained. "Apparently you aren't any different than a normal person when it comes to.. procreation. Being a thrall doesn't stop you."

She couldn't help but throw a glance towards Luke. Damn, this was awkward. She turned back towards Garred. "From what I'm told, us women CAN become pregnant but, well, I don't know how long you've been bonded to your Domitor but if you've noticed or been told that you don't really age anymore... well that happens to the fetus immediately." she continued. "It will basically freeze at the first stage inside the woman's body, in the same process that aging is frozen. So, in a sense the female thrall will be pregnant but it will never progress... unless she stops being a thrall."

She paused, aware of the long silence as if they were expecting her to say more but that was all that she was going to say. Right now, this new thrall was still a stranger and he didn't need to know the particulars about how she had come to the situation she was in. It wasn't relevant to anything he would need to know. His next question though surprised her just as much as the previous, though in a different way. To her own amazement, even after everything that had happened tonight, she laughed. Any enemies or people that she'd pissed off, indeed! Amusing.

Finally she calmed herself down. "You're kidding, right?" she asked. She held up one finger, counting off. "One, I'm a homicide detective. I put people away in jail for murdering others for a living... Two, I've been a thrall to.. a not so good master who I... ended." she said, giving a defiant look. "She had my ex killed and tried to kill me. Three, I'm now the thrall of Keira. You know who she is, right?" she asked. "You have to know her status amongst her kind. If that doesn't make me a potential target for merely being connected with her too... I don't know what would." She sighed, lowering her hand that had three fingers raised. "So yeah, take your pick of potential reasons someone would want to capture or kill me."

She paused. "They referred to me as the Prince's thrall though... wait, not that's not right. The Prince's ghoul, they said. Those exact words." she recounted. That was her detective mind going again over every little detail. That was odd, she had rarely heard Camarilla Kindred refer to thralls as anything other than that term. Then again, she hadn't encountered a whole lot of them except in their little web. She shrugged it away. "In any case, my being connected to Keira probably is the most likely avenue. Or maybe reasons two and three.."

At this point, with Claire already headed to bed, and the new guy not having any further questions for the moment, Shiv decided that getting some sleep, however interrupted, sounded like a great idea. Talia was already asleep again in Luke's arms. She made it clear to Garred, as she took Talia back, that if he needed anything to ask any of them and that if he was going to be living here, he was free to do what he liked.. she only asked that he be respectful of the fact that there was a baby in the residence. With that, she headed off to her bedroom, followed by Luke.

( I'll leave it off here since it seems something is going to go on during the night. )

[Ghaz]

As Garred was resting and thinking about going to the room they said he could go to sleep in but he knew he had to stay by the door to make sure no one else comes in. His mind slowly began to drift thinking of all the problems hes having and how this job was going to help him. He quickly snapped his mind back to work and began looking around thinking I really hope nothing happens tonight. Garred was use to working at the club listening to the music while making sure no one gets out of hand but protecting people in the quiet feels different its like he can gather his thoughts together. 'I wonder how long I'm going to be protecting these people.' he thought to himself before seeing someone moving towards the kitchen. He quickly ran towards the shadowy figure attempting to grab and slamming the figure into the wall but not enough to fully harm the figure but more to immobilize it.

[rivaan]

Claire had almost completely forgotten about the newcomer into their home as she was quietly walking towards the kitchen to get a glass of water and some ice for it. She felt thristy and overly hot after her usual nightmares. Luckily for her she woke up earlier this time so maybe when she goes to sleep now, she'd not have any dreams. She had found that dreams weren't as frequent is she wakes up from them once in the night already. Maybe it was a placebo effect, maybe it was reality.

That said she blinked suddenly as she heard the movement just before someone grabbed her and pulled her onto the wall, softly slamming her into it and keeping her in place. She blinked, realizing she was into her favorite pajamas/cultist robe and the hood was on. Well that explains that, but she smiled, realizing she could use this chance. Not losing the chance, she reached with her arms and quickly wrapped them around Garred in a tight hug." So you like being somewhat rough? That's fine, but don't think of getting away from me now." She said with sultry voice, her arms tightening their embrace." I've been thinking of this since I saw you..." She added in the same manner of voice, leaving the meaning of her words rather vague and suggestive, while trully meanign that she was looking forwards playign tricks on him. This was just the begining.

[Ghaz]

Garred feels Claire wrap around him and began to hold him he felt a shock of confusion and quickly began to push Claire off of him saying "Whats wrong with you!" Garred began to take a few steps back after pushing her off of him a little struggle to do so. He didn't know how to react and he was caught off guard when Claire tried to hold him and what she said just confused him even more. Garred began to think to himself what she meant by what she said to him.

[Keira Kelly]

Siobhan was awoken by a thud out of a deep sleep. By the movement in the bed beside her, she could tell whatever it was had woken up Luke as well. She glanced at the clock; middle of the night. She had been asleep for maybe fifteen minutes since Talia's last feeding... and she was still exhausted to the bone but whatever the sound had been kicked up the adrenaline. After the attack yesterday, she was on edge anyways. Cautiously she got out of the bed, grabbing the baseball bat she kept underneath, and headed to the door of the room, Luke right behind her. Though she had gotten some Blood again, it would take a bit of time to really make use or understand the powers that would accompany it other than the enhanced strength. That, and the ability to increase her base strength even more... in which case the baseball bat could prove an extremely potent weapon.

She opened the door and headed out into the hallway that led to the main open area of the apartment and the adjacent kitchen area, looking and listening for any sign of danger. The doorway was still missing a door, allowing a fair bit of light in and the two officers who were guarding the door had guns drawn and were entering as well. So, not an invasion from the outside hallway again, she thought. She spotted movement in the kitchen. Claire and the new guard, she could see. And a huge dent in the drywall, about body-sized, behind Claire. Shiv waved down the two cops, gesturing that it was nothing as her own baseball bat lowered as she and Luke approached. It didn't appear now that there was any real danger.

She looked back and forth between the two, noting the expressions and body language of each. Claire seemed just a little too amused by something and.. the new guy, Garred.. wow... Confused and put off wouldn't begin to cover it. Stopping near them, she shook her head. "What the hell is going on?!" she said, her voice a bit scratchy from the lack of sleep and having just woken up. She both looked and sounded haggard, a result of having had barely any sleep and too much danger in the past few days. "And why the tell is there a whole in my wall?!" True she didn't pay for the place.. nor was she the only one who lived here but she had lived her the longest and it was her Domitor that maintained the apartment. Close enough.

[rivaan]

"Don't try to pull away, sweet thing." Claire continued in her sultry voice as Garred appeared to be so utterly confused and conflicted inside. Yep this man was the prime target for teasing from now on. There was a no way any self respecting slightly crazy person like the mage was and one who loved to enjoy life, to leave this gold mine of interesting expressions and reactions go. He was her pray from now on and she was pretty sure her own domitor wouldn't really be against it." The way you forced yourself a me, you like me, don't you?" She asked on of her hands now resting on her hip.

It was just after that moment that the cops and Shiv and Luke appeared in the living area. Mhm claire smiled amused as she threw a glance at Garred. Shiv understandably so was not too happy about hte humansized hole in the wall. Well the mage didn't really expect to be body tackled into the wall earlier so she was just going with the flow. Anyhow, whomever breaks, fixes!

"Don't look at me, Shiv. I was just going to the kitchen to get me a cold glass of water, when Schwarzenegger here basically threw himself at me. Granted I'm fast mover on dates, but even I didn't expect him to move that fast. I mean he barely arrived here..." Claire was saying with a look of even bigger amusement." Anyhow... hole in the wall is not my handywork. Whomever breaks, fixes." She stated and walked over to the fridge where she kept a bottle of water always nice and chilled. She poured herself a glass, before putting the bottle away again.

When she walked back, she leaned really close to Garred and whispered to him ever so quietly with sultry voice once more." You feelt it, didn't you?" She asked with a smile." I wear nothing under the robe~~~" She added and blew lightly in his ear before walking away." I'm sorry for waking you up, Shiv. I will keep my bottle of water in my room from now on to avoid similar... situations from now on."

[Ghaz]

Garred just stared at Claire until he saw Siobhan appear then he looked at her then back to Claire still trying to understand what is happening. Garred was still trying to wrap his head about what was going on since this has never actually happened to him before. He listened to Claire respond to Siobhan questions but her answer didn't help his position it just made it worse for him. After hearing her talk he sighed while face palming and thought to himself 'This job is going to be a lot harder than I thought.'

He watched Claire walk off before turning to Siobhan saying "I saw someone with a hood thinking its an intruder so I slammed the hooded figure into the wall but how was I suppose to know that it was Claire." Garred looked at the hole in the wall and then back to Siobhan saying "I was only doing my job its not my fault people like to wear hoods at night and I'm sorry for waking everyone." Garred began to walk back to where he was sitting.